Re: [dev] Migrating to new ODF

Hi Svante,

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly!

1) I "resaved" the .fodt file to a regular .odt file with LibreOffice 
and was able to quickly resolve this issue as you had suggested. I 
mistakenly "just assumed" that the toolkit would handle any type of odt 
related files and had previously used the flat odt since it was a way I 
could easily see DOM contents.

2) I certainly understand the time limitations and priorities you have 
when doing such a migration. I just pointed out the broken links just in 
case you weren't aware of it.

3) You already have the "Simple API (deprecated)" link on the 
odftoolkit.org web site and I'm guessing that most users of the ODF 
Toolkit will be like me and will not need more than that. It was 
certainly enough to do I needed to do with the Toolkit at the time. 
Unless I'm mistaken and since it's deprecated, there's no clear path on 
how to move beyond the deprecation. It would be nice to have a updated 
https://odftoolkit.org/simple/gettingstartguide.html and 
https://odftoolkit.org/simple/document/cookbook/index.html that don't 
use the deprecated simple library.

For example, I am now stuck at this point in my code:

template = TextDocument.loadDocument(templateFile);
String docSearchFieldName = "LastName";
VariableField myField = 
template.getVariableFieldByName(docSearchFieldName);

as I'm getting

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 
'org.odftoolkit.simple.common.field.VariableField 
org.odftoolkit.simple.TextDocument.getVariableFieldByName(java.lang.String)'

I don't know what has replaced this method or how to move beyond this 
point.

Thanks,

Andrew

On 2021-03-31 6:03 p.m., Svante Schubert wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
>     1. You get a ZIP file error, as it seems you are loading a flat XML file
>     (all XML in one file without ZIP).
>     The usual suffix is ODT and your file's suffix is FODT.
>     Drag & Drop your input file into a text editor or try to unzip it. :-)
>     2. The broken links are a combination mistake of Michael and me, I have
>     not fixed it as I am chewing on an 8-year-old source code generation
>     problem.
>     But I am getting closer...
>     3. Example Code can be found in the test folder of ODFDOM, but you are
>     absolutely right it should be better documented. Any suggestions on where
>     to place it?
>     Considering switching the HTML generation from old proprietary (no
>     longer supported) Apache Markdown to HTML conversion with Sphinx - created
>     for API documentation in the first place.
>
> Good luck and happy holidays!
> Svante
>
> Am Mi., 31. März 2021 um 21:38 Uhr schrieb Andrew Willerding <
> awillerding@callistacti.com>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I haven't used the ODF libraries since they were part of Apache and now
> > I have a project I'd like to make use of manipulating and creating ODF
> > files and understand that "things have changed."  ;-)
> >
> > I'm trying to run this code which ran fine with the Apache libraries
> >
> >           try {
> >               template = TextDocument.loadDocument(templateFile);
> >           } catch (Exception ex) {
> >               logItem("Template:" + templateFile.getAbsolutePath()
> >                       + ",TemplateFile not found.",
> >                       ex);
> >               throw new IOException(ex.getMessage());
> >           }
> >
> > and receiving
> >
> > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:
> > org.odftoolkit.odfdom.pkg.OdfValidationException; The ODF package
> > 'file:////ReportTemplates/ReportAgr.fodt' shall be a ZIP file!
> >
> > My Maven dependency is ..
> >
> >           <dependency>
> >               <groupId>org.odftoolkit</groupId>
> >               <artifactId>simple-odf</artifactId>
> >               <version>0.9.0-RC1</version>
> > <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
> >           </dependency>
> >
> > I guess I have 2 questions.  The immediate question is why am I getting
> > the ZIP file error and how do I fix the situation.  The second question
> > is where do I find the documentation on how to use the new ODF Toolkit?
> > The links seem to be broken on the web site.
> > (https://tdf.github.io/odftoolkit/docs/
> > <https://tdf.github.io/odftoolkit/docs/>) I have a simple need.  I have
> > created a template document that I want to use to replace fields (like
> > name, address) with dynamic values and also add items to an existing table.
> >
> > Some existing example Java code to do this would be very very helpful.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
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